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APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... nature of its Diversified Social Aspirations Fund (DSAF). Fiducian Superannuation Fund has approximately 9779 member accounts and over $3.1 billion in funds under management.

Superannuation advertising ban consultation launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... without being influenced to make uninformed decisions, open inappropriate products and unintentionally create duplicate accounts," Treasury explained in the exposure draft explanatory statement. "These amendments made to the Corporations Act and to the ...

Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... Index this year will climb higher and that US assets will continue to dominate global multi-asset portfolios. "The US accounts for over 65% of global equity indices and nearly 50% of bond benchmarks. While interest in managing this US asset dominance ...

Perpetual multi asset leads exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... last month, around a month after the wealth business' chief investment officer signed on to lead a newly created managed accounts affiliate at Pinnacle. The changes come ahead of the sale of Perpetual's wealth business to Bain Capital, with head of growth ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... in defensive assets. The Income Focused option for Accumulation (Super Fund) will discontinue from April 30. Pension accounts (Transition to Retirement or Retirement Income Stream) invested in this will not be affected. Accumulation members still invested ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... of today's market share. This is expected to grow to 54% in nine years' time. These funds service 1.5 million member accounts on average, charging a total fee of 0.82% based on a $50,000 account balance as opposed to a median of 0.97% for other non-platform ...

Managed accounts increase confidence amid volatility: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
Over 40% of advisers agree clients in managed accounts are more confident and are less likely to act impulsively during market volatility compared with those not in managed accounts. Investment Trends' latest Managed Accounts Report, supported by State ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... advisers effective March 31. "This decision will apply to new business only. There will be no impact on existing client accounts, existing business, or current adviser remuneration arrangements on the HUB24 platform," Sequoia said. Conquest will take ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... products," SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said. However, FSC data showed the average balance of newly established platform accounts is over $349,500, with an average age of 59 at the time of switching. It found even among younger investors switching ...

First Super switches out group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... However, an insurance handling or administration fee will now be applied, so the actual dollar amount taken from members' accounts may not change. The fee will be equal to 4.67% of the total cost of insurance. "This change gives insured members greater ...